Improvement in locks for pocket-books



n. M. READ, LOCKS FOR POCKET-BOOKS; No. 174,302. Patented Feb. 2a. 1876.

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U NITED STATES PATENT OF IcE.

- DANIEL M. READ, or NEW YORK, N. Y.,

IMPROVEMENT m LocKs FOR POCKET-BOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 171,302, dated February 29, 1876; application file September 17, 1875.

. To all whom it may concern:

' Similar letters of reference indicate corre-- pending parts.

The objectof this invention is to furnish animproved lock for pocket-books, diaries, and similar articles, which shall be so constructed as to be without any projecting knob or handle, and which shall be simple in construction, durable in use, and not liable to get out of order.

The invention consists in an improved pocket-book lock, formed by the combination of the latch-bar, placed wholly within the case, the spring, and the double-inclined catch with each other and with the case, and the catchplate, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents the case of the lock, in the face of which is formed a row of two or more holes to receive the catch, and upon the edges of which are formed two or more points, a, for seeming it in place. Within the case A, and longitudinally therewith, is placed a latch bar, B, the ends of which are kept in place by lugs a formed upon the edge of the case A, and bent down over the said ends, or over projectionsformed upon them, and which serve also as stops to limit the forwardmovement of said latch-bar. The latch-bar B is held forward by a spring, 0, placed between it and V the side of the case A, and the ends of which are kept in place upon said latch-bar by shoulders formed upon the rear side of its ends.

D is the catch, which is attached to the plate E, and the said plate E is secured to the flap of the pocket-book. The catch D is made with a double-inclined projection or shoulder, as

shown in Fig. 2, so that it may more readily act upon the rounded forward edge of the latchbar B when being inserted and withdrawn.

The device is fastened by pushing the catch D into one of the holes in the case A, when the inclined end of the said catch strikes against the rounded forward edge of the latch-bar B,

pushes it back and passes it, and the device is fastened. To unfasten the lock, the rear edge of the catch-plate E is slightly raised, which throws the engaging end of the catch back a little, so that its upper incline may readily slip off the rounded edge of the latchbar B, and with av slight upward pullthe lock is unfastened.

With this construction there is no projection or knob upon the outside of the lock to catch upon or wear the pocket, the latch-bar being wholly within the case. This construction also enables the lock to be made small and neat.

. I am aware that a spring-bolt embracing the pin of a trace-fastening is not new; but

What I claim is- The combination of case A, having two or more holes, and the flanged-edge lugs a, the latch B having shoulders, and the catch Don plate E secured to flap of the pocket-book, substantially as and f DANIEL M. READ. Witnesses: I

JAMES T. GRAHAM,

T. B. MOSHER.

or the purpose specified. 

